EL33TONLINE: News tag archive: rage
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El33tonline has ten tickets to rAge up for grabs. rAge will be taking place at the Coca-Cola Dome in Northgate, Johannesburg from the 2nd to the 4th of October.
Head over to our rAge competition page to roll the dice with lady luck. Thanks to the rAge Expo for sponsoring the tickets.
This latest set of screenshots from RAGE basically show all facets of the new first-person action shooter/action racer from id Software, with shots showing off a claustrophobic in-door area, a breathtaking outdoor area, a racing section and another cool in-door area.
You can peek at the rest of the latest screenshots from RAGE below.
id Software’s Tim Willits has been with the legendary developer since the days of the original Quake, moving up from the position of level designer, to lead designer and now sitting in the lofty position of creative director for the company.
In this interesting video interview, Willits speaks about what new elements id Software is bringing to the first-person shooter genre with their upcoming game, RAGE, as well as what direction the company is taking with the game, and the technology that will help the team deliver the goods.
Watch below:
The QuakeCon event held in Dallas, Texas every year is a celebration of all things id Software, who play host to the affair in order to talk directly to the public about some of their current work and development directions, show off their new games, and play their old ones in a massive network of computers (entry to which is completely free thanks to some kindly sponsors).
This year’s QuakeCon officially kicked off with a joint press conference with fellow developers Bethesda Softworks (both id Software and Bethesda are now owned by media company, ZeniMax), as id’s CEO, Todd Hollenshead, revealed a few little titbits about current goings-on at the company.
For one thing, we’re going to have to wait until next year’s QuakeCon to find out about id’s currently-in-development DOOM 4, but added that “When we show it to you you’re gonna love it!”
Furthermore, Hollenshead announced that the Xbox 360’s Xbox LIVE Arcade will soon be seeing two new additions to the service from id, namely Quake Arena Arcade, a version of Quake 3: Arena tuned to the Xbox 360’s control style and online functionality, as well as a re-release of the classic DOOM II, which will contain higher definition artwork, sounds and online play.
Piped straight from id Software’s QuakeCon event (currently on) comes a brand new trailer for RAGE, their upcoming post-apocalyptic first-person shooter (with racer elements).
The trailer sets the scene and hints at what caused the world to collapse into its current state, and also shows the results of the ‘doomsday event’ – devastated cities lying in ruin, and landscapes made of abandoned vehicles and scrap.
We also finally get a proper glimpse at some in-game combat and racing, both of which look very appealing.
Watch the latest trailer for RAGE below:
Some new screenshots of RAGE, id Software’s first-person shooter with elements of action racing, have floated up and out of this year’s SIGGRAPH (an annual gathering of computer software technology experts) during a talk hosted by senior programmer Jean-Paul van Waveren discussing id Software’s id Tech 5.
As usual, RAGE is looking amazing.
Head on down below to see a bunch of additional screenshots showcasing the stunning environments and texture detail present in RAGE:
Last week, news of John Carmack’s comments in the latest issue of Edge sparked quite a bit of fanboy nerd-rage, as Carmack essentially said that, currently, id Software’s upcoming game RAGE is performing half as well on the PS3 as on the PC and Xbox 360 platforms.
By the time the game launches, however, that will be another story, as Carmack then went on to say: “Everything is designed as a 60 hertz game. We expect [RAGE] to be 60 hertz on every supported platform.
“The work remaining is getting it locked so there’s never a dropped frame or a tear,” Carmack continued, “but we’re confident that we’re going to get that.”
Legendary graphics programmer and game developer at id Software, John Carmack, has recently stirred the fanboy nest with a statement that is nothing less than controversial: id Software’s next game, the first-person action racing game RAGE, runs faster on the Xbox 360, and “lags a little bit” on the PS3.
These statements appear in the latest issue of Edge magazine, where the team there had an opportunity to interview Carmack about all things id Sofware, which included the revelation that, while RAGE runs at 60 frames a second (fps) on both the PC and Xbox 360 versions of the game, the PS3 currently only runs at between 20 and 30fps. Here’s Carmack:
A teaser website for RAGE, id Software’s upcoming first-person shooter (with elements of action racing), has been launched and, much like the game itself, it looks amazing.
The website features some interactive elements, with the ability to click on certain points of interest in order to explore the background story of RAGE. It’s apparent that these reveals will continue for the next four weeks, leading up to a full reveal at id Software’s QuakeCon at the beginning of August.
You can visit the RAGE teaser website, After the Impact, to have a look for yourself.
South Africa’s premiere gaming and technology convention rAge (Really Awesome Gaming Event), starts today at the Coca-Cola Dome in Northgate, Johannesburg! If you’re in the area (or even out) be sure to make your way down there either today, tomorrow or on Sunday. Why?
Well, there’s a ton of cool stuff on show, including a huge list of exhibitors, real live developers from Ubisoft showcasing their games, a huge showing of Xbox 360 games, (some that haven’t been released yet - Fable II and Gears of War 2!) and a high profile Intel multiplayer competition on Sunday. The 80GB PS3 is also set to be launched this weekend and maybe, if you’re lucky, you’ll manage to catch a glimpse of some cosplayers this year.
Not only all that, there’s the NAG LAN going on throughout the three days; if you don’t have a ticket, you get to watch 1800 unwashed, sleep-deprived yet ultimately content gamers battle out an eternal struggle for supremacy in a range of multiplayer PC games - if you do have ticket, you get to *be* one of those 1800 gamers!
Don’t miss it! Doors open today at 10:00 and you can get in for a measly R40 per person for a day ticket, or R60 per person for the whole weekend! Bargain!
Megarom Interactive (Pty) Ltd. has announced their official games line-up to be shown during the rAge Expo at the Coca-Cola Dome in Northgate, from the 3rd to the 5th of October, showcasing games from the world’s top publishers including Activision, Ubisoft and Take-Two.
From Activision’s future releases, Megarom will be showing Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Call of Duty: World at War and Guitar Hero: World Tour, while Ubisoft’s titles on show will include Tom Clancy’s End War, Shaun White Snowboarding, Far Cry 2, Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway and Prince of Persia. Take-Two’s games, such as Bioshock (PS3) and Midnight Club: Los Angeles will also be shown.
Additionally, developers from Ubisoft, Europe, will be coming down to the show to give demonstrations, as well as two developers from the Far Cry 2 team and one from the End War team. Megarom also has a Guitar Hero III competition planned, which will be running on the Megarom Interactive, MTNLoaded and Xbox 360 stage. For more information on the competition, go here (for the Legend Competition) and here (for the Casual Competition). If you want to enter, be quick about it, as there are a limited number of places remaining.
To see all of Megarom’s upcoming distributed titles, as well as a whole ton more, be sure to get to the rAge Expo early next month!
If you think you are South Africa’s Guitar Hero Legend, this is your chance to prove you have what it takes. Megarom in association with The Lair will be running a Guitar Hero III: Legends Competition at rAge this year.
There will be two competitions on the go, the Ultimate Guitar Hero III Legends Competition and the Ultimate Guitar Hero III Casual competition. Head over to The Lair’s website to enter the Legends competition. The Legends competition is limited to 64 places and with 44 already taken, you shouldn’t delay to get your entry in!
Ster-Kinekor, South Africa’s distributor for all things PlayStation, has recently announced their intention to launch the 80GB PS3 during the Really Awesome Gaming Event (rAge) in early October.
Ster-Kinekor/PlayStation marketing manager, Yvonne Truter, said, “During the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), in Los Angeles, PlayStation brought out an 80GB model and said there will be no more 60GB PS3s. We will be launching the 80GB model during rAge.”
An open and shut case, then? Not quite. Jacqui Jacobs, marketing and promotions manager at Tide Media, the organiser of rAge, says she’s unaware of any new consoles launching at the event, continuing to say, “yet we do not dictate to our exhibitors what to showcase. rAge is intended to grow the awareness and interest in gaming as a whole.”
In any case, rAge really will be an awesome gaming event this year. If you’re in the Northgate area around the 3rd to the 5th of October, drop by the Coca-Cola Dome to check out a huge showcase of the latest in gaming and technology.
El33tonline has contacted Ster-Kinekor and will let you know more information about pricing and dates soon.
Source: My Digital Life
As quickly as they appeared, tickets for the rAge NAG LAN have been sold out. The bookings for the event were available from the 1st of August and, within the week, 1,800 tickets were sold to the eagerly awaiting LANners of South Africa.
If you had secured a ticket, you would have been treated to 53 hours of non-stop, PC-networked, multiplayer-focussed gaming bliss. Imagine 1,800 computers all connected up to one another! Imagine the multiplayer possibilities! Imagine the fragging opportunities! Imagine the mess! Maybe next year…
You can still go and check out the LAN, sans computer, at the Coca-Cola Dome in Northgate through the weekend of October 3rd to the 5th. If you manage to get to the Dome, there will also happen to be a huge gaming and technology event proceeding at the same time, called the Really Awesome Gaming Event, or rAge. Just in case you wanted to know.
Visit the rAge website for more information.
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